Asia-Pacific
Twin blasts injure 30 in Pakistan
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-08 01:20
ISLAMABAD -- Two explosions injured at least 30 people in eastern Pakistan's Lahore on Monday evening, local TV channel reported.
Two blasts took place at Moon Market in Lahore, the capital of Punjab province, the private TV GEO News reported. Several shops and a bank caught fire due to the blasts.
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It is not clear so far about the cause of the blasts, sources said.
Moon market is a commercial center of Iqbal Town, Lahore, where shoppers are normally present in large numbers. A suicide attack occurred in this area on August 13, 2008.
